Our Holiday Nails of 2013

Ovo je fantastična ideja, tako da danas delim sa vam post koji su napisale Jen sa bloga The Sparkle Queen i Jen sa bloga Xo, xo, Jen.

This is a fantastic idea, so I decided to share with all of you this post made by Alessandra from The Sparkle Queen  and Jen from Xo,xo, Jen

Welcome to Our Holiday Nails of 2013 blog hop! This link party has one purpose: to share our holiday manicures with each other!

Everyone is welcome to share ALL of their holiday nails and manicures. You don’t have to be a blogger to enter either, as long as you can link to your holiday nails, you can enter. So if you are sharing your pictures on Nail Art Gallery, uploading to Pintrest, Instagram or Twitter, or anywhere else, you can enter too. You’ll just need the URL of where your pictures are shared.

 Bloggers can use THIS CODE to add the link party into their posts.

Party Details:

• You can enter as many holiday nails as you like, but they must all go to a specific page, they can’t just go to your home page.
• Link as many entries as you want.
• The link party will stay open till shortly after the New Year so any new year’s inspired nails can get added too.
• Nails must be holiday related one way or the other. Maybe the polish you are wearing for Christmas, or your snowy nail art scene. Any and all are welcome.
• Video tutorials are OK as well, as long as you can upload an image for the thumbnail.

I think that's it. Make sure to check out the other entries and show some love to your fellow nail ladies!

O Christmas Tree

Znam, znam, totalno kasnim sa Božićnim manikirima. To me je samo podstaklo da produžim malo ovaj Božićni period i napravim što je više moguće manikira sa ovom temom. Moj prvi ove godine je - jelka. Još uvek je nisam okitila u pravom životu ali to ne znači da ne mogu nokte da okitim :). 

I know, I know, I'm totally late with Christmas manicures. That just encouraged me to make this Christmas period longer and to make as much as possible manis with this theme. My first one this year is - Christmas tree. I still haven't decorated it in real life but that doesn't mean that I can't decorate my nails :). 

Jeste vi okitile jelku? Kakve ukrase najviše volite? I malo Božićne muzikice...

Have you decorated your tree? What kind of ornaments are your favourite? And a little bit of Christmas music... 

Matching Manicures–Nimbus

Ove nedelje za temu Matching Manicure-a je predložen Nimbus. Priznajem, nisam imala pojma šta je nimbus.

Da skrenemo malo sa teme nimbusa, i uopšte noktiju. Recite mi, da vidite negde natpis "Dlakavo žbunasto voće" da li biste poželeli da ga kupite? Mene su izgubili već na "dlakavo". Morate priznati, važan deo marketinga je brendiranje, i samo ime mnogo utiče na percepciju proizvoda. To je bilo jedno od imena, a onda su izvoznici sa Novog Zelanda shvatili da ga ljudi iz Evrope i Amerike baš i ne prihvataju... Pa su promenili ime u Kivi. Znate onu malu zelenu ptičicu Kivi? Plan je i bio da vas asocira nju, a i ime je samo po sebi mnogo pamtljivije i naravno ljudi su ga prihvatili. Priznajem, obožavam kivi.

Vratimo se sada na nokte. Sećate li se da je postojala watercolor tehnika? Znate ono, umočite četkicu u lak, pa u vodu i pravite tačkice na noktima? A onda se neko dosetio da zameni vodu acetonom, a četkicu čačkalicom za uši, i dao mu zvučno ime - nimbus. Malo podseća na Hari Potera. I ljudi su ga prihvatili kao da je u pitanju ne znam ni ja kakva inovacija. Evo te inovacije... 

This week for Matching Manicures theme someone suggested Nimbus. I admit, I had no idea what nimbus is.

Let's talk about something that is not nimbus, or nails, related. Tell me, if you see a sign in a store that says "Hairy Bush Fruit" would you want to buy it? They lost me on "hairy". You have to admit, important part of marketing is brand, and name really effects on perception of product. It was one of the names, and then exporters from New Zealand realized that people from Europe and America don't really accept it... So they changed the name to Kiwi. You know that little bird called Kiwi? The plan was to make a connection between Kiwi fruit and Kiwi bird in peoples brain, and the name Kiwi itself is more easier to remember and of course people accepted it. I admit, I love Kiwi. 

Let's get back to nails. Do you remember watercolour technique? You know, put a brush in nail polish, then in water and make dots on nails? And than someone switched water with acetone and brush with q-tip, and it a name that sound really good - nimbus. It kind of reminds on Harry Potter. And people accepted it like it is some big innovation. Here is that innovation...

Nikada nisam volela tehniku sa vodenim bojama, previše je nedefenisano sve što nastane kada se ona koristi. Kod mene, mora da bude nekih oštrih linija :). Sredila sam stvar sa pečatom sa pločice BM-225.

I never like water color technique, everything made with it is too much undefined. With me, everything has to have sharp lines :). So I fixed it with stamp from plate BM-225.

Da li volite dlakavo žbunasto voće? Šta mislite o ovoj takozvanoj inovaciji zvanoj nimbus? Pogledajte i ostale nimbuse i po kojeg pingvina koje su devojke napravile : 

Do you like Hairy Bush Fruit? What do you think about this so called innovation nimbus? 

Take a look other nimbuses and some penguins that girls made : 

Let's get back to Autumn!

Da, imali smo sneg, zima je došla ali se izgleda uplašila i pobegla, pa nekako imam osećaj kao da je još uvek jesen. Jedan od manikira koji sam napravila još dok je stvarno bila jesen, a nikako da vam pokažem je i ovaj. Uvelo lišće i bronzana boja jeseni. Za ovaj manikir sam koristila FlorMar DC02, predivan duochrome lak koji jednostavno asocira na jesen, i crnu akrilnu boju kojom sa nacrtala lišće.

Yes, we had snow, winter came but it seems to me that it scared and run away, so I have a feeling like it is still Fall. One of the manis that I made while it was really Fall, and didn't show you yet is this one. Dry leaves and bronze Autumn color. For this mani I used FlorMar DC02, gorgeous duochrome polish that looks just like Fall, and black acrylic paint with which I drew leaves. 

Da li vam nedostaje jesen, ili se pak više radujete pravoj zimi koja nas čeka?

Do you miss Autumn, or are you maybe more looking forward to the true Winter that is just around a corner?

Matching Manicures - BDay Mani

Danas je još jedna nedelja kada naše blogerke prave manikire na istu temu, a ove nedelje tema je rodjendan, jer je jednoj od naših blogo-drugarica rođendan. Srećan rodjendan Dž. :)

Pošto znam da naša Dž. obožava šljokice, odlučila sam da isprobam nove 3D glitter Golden Rose šljokice #11. Možda nećete verovati, ali kupila sam 4 laka iz ove kolekcije još pre par nedelja, i zaboravila na njih. Sve vreme su bili u mojoj tašni. Pored njih, dodala sam nešto što je trebalo da ispadne baloni.

Da vam kažem nešto i o laku. Iako u bočici izgleda neverovatno privlačno, prava je muka naneti ga. Šljokice je skoro nemoguće uhvatiti, tako da sve što vam ostane na noktu su par šljokica i puno providnog laka. Nakon 3 sloja, evo šta je ostalo... Po meni, još uvek premalo šljokica.

Today is another Sunday when Balkan bloggers are matching their manicures, and this week theme is birthday, because it is a birthday day of one of our blogger friends. Happy Birthday Dz :).

Since we all now that Dz. loves glitter, I decided to try out new 3D glitter Golden Rose #11. Maybe you won't believe me, but I bought 4 polishes from this collection few weeks ago, and I forgot about the. They were in my purse all this time. I also draw something that would suppose to be balloons. 

Let me tell you something about polish. Although in the bottle it looks really attractive, it is really hard to apply it. Glitter is almost impossible to catch, so only thing that you have with each coat is few glitters and a lot of clear polish. After three coats, here it is... If you ask me, it needs more glitter.